GENTLE EXERCISE. Regular exercise in the fresh air, particularly breathing exercises, which expand the chest an~ qlic?en the cir culation, have a very salutary effect upon the house-bound individual or the sedentary worker. If no others are arailable, eve ram011 exercises, especi ally those which strengthen the ab dominal muscles, canl be strongly re colelllllned. IBut all exercises must he tiak?i? intelligently. A jaded woman, with no powers of response, is not a lit person to stand the shock of a cold bath or the nerve-exhausting routine of severe physical drill. There is no sense in whipping a fagged out horse.

lBOWLING M3OONEE PONDS BOWLING CLUIJ EASTER CANIVAL. Ar BRILLIANT SUCCESS. Unddr i'ery, favourable .auspica esthe bowling ;tournament for: pairs and rinks opened on theo Moonee Ponds green on Good Friday and continlied on Saturday, Molnday and Tuesday last. . his tournament is undoubtedly the most successful the club has yet held. Record'. entries were received and there was a record attendance. The committee of the club worked harmoniously together, assisting th? executive oflicers-Mr. Smith" Mac~ Donald (president), Mr. Chas. Patti son (hon. treasurer), and Mr.,A. E. Young. (hon. sec.), in carrying out :t!o arrangements, and they may all con gratulate themselves on the 'splendid achievement of their labours. Trophies to the value of £35 were distributed to the respective winners. The green a as pronounced by bowl ers as being in perfect order, and the entering arrangements gave general satisfaction to the vast army of the owlinig fratornity present. anid on Saturday this number wa...

TINNED CHERRY PUDDING. Ingredionts:,2 yolks of eggs, Ipt'of. milk, 4oz of 'flour, -loz of melted but ter, a pinch of salt, fresh cherries. Boat the yolks of two eggs till light, then the whites, and add to half a pint of milk, stir in four ounces of flour, and beat.till smooth, adding one ounce of melted butter and a pinch of salt. Grease a pudding-basin and fill it with stalked tinned cherries, pour in the batter till thie basin is full. Cover with buttered paper and steam for one- hour and a half. Turbot lay 14 million eggs in a sea son, and cod nine millions. A great many women 'in Tibet peIr form carpenter work equal to the men. Memory, it has been ascertained, is stringmr,. in ,summer,,time. than in eimn ,chine-ls which supply newspapers, are ltow installed in Berlin.

RECIPES -4- COOKING FRUIT. SOME iINEXPENSIIVE RECIPES. SEASONABLE. JUST .NOW. . ?ihear so, much ahidut 1ak'of ,bkiow lodge on thd part of our cbok on how. to uso.up cheap fruit.. I give-herewith some recipes..wlhich may prove useful to.. housewuives generally. They areoeasy, dishes' to prepare,.and are not ,oxpen i 0-:-0

. -,APPLE 'OHARHLOQTE | Take : .large cooking apples, ' som very stale bread, half a lemon, 4oz of butter, ilb of sugar, aud nutmeg, inu umnon or cloves to taste. Peel and .*ro: thi. apples, cut into very thin slices, put them into-a sacepaln with I itf . pound of sogar, or a little moro if they are very tart. '-ook them till they are soft; an d idd .whatever fla rouring is liked best and ttheo gated peel 'ofthe lemon, as woll :as the ]juce, f liked. Line a woll-bbttered pie-dish withl thin lics of bread, dip the bread in oiled butter, or fry it first in tie butter, or butter. them well on both sides try and fit one piece into the bot tomi of the :dish, so that it will turn out sell. Brush the bread over with the wllito-of an egg that has been 'well beaten. Fill the dish up with the anple pulp;. adding at the last moment half a. iineglassfiIl Lof: sherry. Fill the top with a cover of thin slices of buttered bread,'sprinkle a little sugar on top, press-the cover'down on the apple, ai...

I3IOILEb APPLE PUDDING. lake seven or eight apples, three rquarters of a pound of sugar, the rind ,i lhalf a lemon, and a few cloves, tolln ounces of flourtllhree ounces of butter. a pinch of salt,.and enough cold water to ?nmke a ai.wm paste. Peel, core, and. till theo'paste s nearly ready. "_l ?, the flour witll tlhe salt and one0 tea spoonful of good. baking-powder, then rub in the butter, anld then the suet. Prepalre a pudding-basin large enough to hold the apples by buttering it thickly; scatter. a, dessertspoonful of sugar over the bottom.. Now mix the flour and water: work it well into a firm paste that will just roll out. Line tlhe basin with it, and keep enough back to make the cover and a narrow edging for the rim. Fill the basin with the apples, mlixing them woll with tile fine=choppedtleuon-peel, the sugar and the cloves. Put on the lid, damp the edges between with cold water, press thlionim togetheir, put on the rini, trim thei edges,'cover with a oudding cloth, that ha...

AGRICULTURAL DR:-DIGKINSON'S FARM AT OAK LANDS JUNCTION. By J. S.. McFadzoan, Senior Dairy Supervisor. (From "The Journal of :Agriculture.") The growing of lucerne is usually considered as concomitant with natur ally rich soil; so much so that, in the atsence of suitable alluvial land. most people will not attempt to grow this fodder. The fact, however, is that liucerne will grow on almost any land except such as is badly drained; and, once established, it will live througeh very dry periods; but if repeated cut tings are expected from it during the warmer months, a regular supply of water is then necessary in its cultiva tion; with this provision, it is in the warmer and drier districts that it flourishes most luxuriantly. 'That comparatively poor land is capable of being made to grow prolific crops of lucerne has, in the Bulla district, been demonstrated in a very thorough man ner by Dr. G. D. Dickinson, of 3Moo nee Ponds. His farm, "Sherwood." is a 320-acre block situated on the ...

AFTER THEY'RE MA.\IIRIEI). About the funniest thing is the motherly advice a young marriedl woman gives to her old beaus. After a man has been ma rried la while, things begin to look altoagether different-e-specially his bank account. The reason bachelors make so many jokes about married life is that they are the only ones who see any fun in it. This would be a better world if the man who has beenl married one year would talk less about it and the man who has been married ten years would talk more about it. ?1milen wouldn't have so muLch trouble with men if they'd believe a little less of what a man says before marriage and a little more of what' he says afterward. A man and his wife always think alike on one occasion, and that is when she wants money and he knows it, and both are thinking hard about what they'll say. The 'difference between a woman andt a nlll is smallah. A woman can lmake a manll do anllthling she wants hinim to, and a manll can make a woman do anything she wants ...

.ssendon Horticultural Society. On Tuesday evening next, this so ciety will hold its autumn show, and although on a much smaller scale than .L,:hat-.trthan-r nrnrrran nilsrleb tsa ismembers 'only, there should be a good::. display of cut -flowersi-nd .`floural?,'d corations. The schedule .is a' fairly? comnpreheasive one, embracing nearly all the seasonable-flowers likely to. be in bloom on tire day. Dahlias clhry s:uathemnums, autumn roses, gladioli, carnations, geraniums, etc., should-(if the weather be propitious) be in good form on the 21st. The conimitted has endeavoourcl to 'cater for every degree of flower enthusfast, from the veriest novice to the oexperiencnd exhibitor of many formoer suicesses. In the:novice section some nice prizes are offered for very small effort, and should induce anyone who has Si.garden to 'mah6:o a ibeginning, even if with onl3 onoe rose. A feature of the schedule is the prizes lffered by Cr. and Mrs. T. F. Lyons for the best collection of cut flowe...

Death of Mr. Phil. Loeman. MIr. Phil. Loc.imn, an old identity of Bulla, son of the late Cr. Michael Loenman, died in a private hospital in Richmond, last .Monday morning, and the remains were interred in the Bulla cemetery 'on Tuesday afternoon. His father was one of the early pioneers of the Bulla district, and lie took up a run which he called "Glen Looman." The son, unlike his sire, took but little initerest in public affairs. Of the old .gentleman it was oft recorded that he was a modst vigorous local Ipolitician. He frequently got to "logger-heads" with the late Cr. J. B. Starkie at the council table, and at first silenced all proposals of which he did not approve by saying: "You can't do it; it's against the Act." However, the late Cr. Starkie eveiitually "tumbled," and demanded to be shown the specific clause. The terminal of one of these rgumioents was that Cr. Loeman (a tall, vigoroius old man of rugged build) chased Cr. Starkie around the council table, the while holding ...

Bihlla Horticultural Show. Eiglit Hours Dny;'as 'previously -? . at the show and £5 at the sports. The ball tickets are-Double, 3s; single, gent's 2s and ladies' Is. Russell's vlan leave Essendon station at 9 a.m., and the end of Puckle street at 9.30 a.im., the return fare and admission to the show b.eing only 2s Gd. A valuable trophy given by Messrs. W. and L. Tordol is now exhibited in the window gf .Lhrs. Wright, florist, Pucklo street. Entries close with the lion. secretary, Mr. 11. U. Allen. on Tuesday, 21st inst. 0*e

Loc;l Fire Brigad. . It has been decided, on the report of- the plant and building committee, to establish motor appliances at the Fire Brigade Stations, at Essendlon, Kensington and. Coburg, amongst other places. *19C0

Sale of City Property. An Important sale of City property has been effected by T. H. Nattrass and Co., est:ate agents, 2 Margaret street, Moouee Ponds, who have sold. on account of the vendors three allot ments at the south-east corner of Col lins street and Exhibition street, City, near the Oriental Hotel, having a frontage to Collins street of 65ft by 105ft 7in along Exhibition street for the sum of £1-4,625. The old build ings are to be pulled down and a mag nificentr five-storey building for pro fessional chambers is to be erected at. a! early data. * e

A Child Killed. heon Charles Coote, of Moonce Ponds, stopped his vegetable cart In Smith street, Moonee Ponds, on Thurs day, a number of children crowded round the cart. As he was leaving he called to them to move away. He then heard a scream, and, looking round, he saw Stephen Harold Hod rice, aged two years, who lived in Smith street, lying on the ground. One of the' wheels of the cart had passed over his head, and death was almnost instantaneous. The coroner his bceen informed

Abhrfeldie Heights. ricker, the builder, conmmnnel building di isthird villa, which has a magnificent south erly aspect, overlooking the Maribyr noug river. Gas has been laid on, and the water supply ample,, as Mr. Ticker has puitdlown i Giin water main. Mr. Tucker, having purchased the greater portion of this estate, of fers clients their choice of the remain 'ing allotn1its, and will build or sell the land- on very easy terius. 0*e